please teach me fuku-sensei

[hasteful]

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[hasteful]

Mm-hmm.

[an affirming little sound as buzen stretches idly, as if trying to just remind himself of what it's like for all his limbs to work]

Well, you know - it's part of why I think it's nice for swords to have names. That's all I have. Buzen Gou, written in the records as a work of Gou no Yoshihiro. No diagrams, no blade - all of that's been lost to history... so my existence is more uncertain than other swords.

Matsu and some of the other Gous - they're in collections, and occasional out for public viewings. Me? Ah, humans lost track of me a long time ago.

[allmenare]

But they remembered, and thus you still persist.

[He can see why memory is so important, if one's physical body has already been lost to time.]

Is it that the more who remember, the stronger your presence is?

[hasteful]

[ . . . he smiles faintly.]

Technically, no. If I'm lost, I'm lost. I don't think that memory will change how it actually manifests in this body.

[he places a hand over his heart.]

But it matters to me. I've decided that as long as someone remembers you, then you exist. So... that's what keeps me going, you know?

[allmenare]

If it matters to you then that's what matters the most. I'll be sure to remember you, even after all of this.

[hasteful]

[his expression softens at that]</small. If you would then... I'd appreciate it. I'll remember you too, wherever I go. For as long as I get to have.

[allmenare]

[His stomach turns a little when he hears that, but he doesn't have the heart to correct Buzen on his assumptions.]

I would appreciate that.